B. Yuki Schwartz

Assistant Professor of Constructive Theologies, Spirituality & Decolonial Studies

Dr. Schwartz’s areas of scholarship include deimperial/decolonial studies; Asian and Asian American theology; political theology; and critical race, gender, and sexuality studies. Their dissertation, titled “The Ends of Shame: Toward a Deimperial Political Theology of Messianism,” investigated the development of shame theories under European and US imperialism, with an emphasis on the role of US Cold War politics in Asia in constructing political and theological understandings of shame and guilt.

Dr. Schwartz’s publications include: “The Shame Culture of Empire: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword as Cold War Playbook for Legitimating US Empire” in Feminist Praxis Against U.S. Militarism, edited by W. Anne Joh and Nami Kim, (Lexington Books, 2020); and “Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation” in When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-filled Responses for Tough Topics, edited by Karen Ware Jackson and Bromleigh McCleneghan, (Chalice Press 2019).


Contact
Email: yschwartz@cst.edu

Education

BA, Oklahoma State University

BA, University of Oklahoma

MDiv, Phillips Theological Seminary

PhD, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary


Publications

“The Shame Culture of Empire: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword as Cold War Playbook for Legitimating US Empire” in Feminist Praxis Against U.S. Militarism, edited by W. Anne Joh and Nami Kim, (Lexington Books, 2020)

“Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation” in When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-filled Responses for Tough Topics, edited by Karen Ware Jackson and Bromleigh McCleneghan, (Chalice Press 2019)

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B. Yuki Schwartz

Assistant Professor of Constructive Theologies, Spirituality & Decolonial Studies
A great theological education dismantles everything you assumed to be “right” and helps you rebuild with true understanding. My CST experience was life-altering. I am changed and on fire to transform the world.
Abigail Clauhs '17